Windows Update KB4579311 causing explorer to crash repeatedly when logging in.

Anonymous
2020-10-17T08:34:55+00:00

Hi, I've been having an issue with Windows Update KB4579311. When it gets installed it causes the Explorer to crash repeatedly until it eventually logs me in, at which point I can use it as normal. BUT, the crashing increases time it takes to log in and load everything up. It's very annoying.

What I mean by crash is that the start bar flickers on and off, over and over and over. The desktop is black the mouse curser is visible. when you press ctrl alt del that screen stops flickering, when you return back to the desktop, flicker ahoy! you can see in the task manager that the explorer is stopping and starting over and over. You cant manually end the process becuase it's starting and stopping so fast that by the time you click the end process button it's already restarted and the instance of the explorer you tried to end no longer exists.

Uninstalling KB4579311 stops the issue but when it installs it's self again the issue returns.

I'm getting tired of repeating the same steps over and over to use my computer as intended.

This is shown in the event viewer:

Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 10.0.19041.546, time stamp: 0x89ce2e55

Faulting module name: ucrtbase.dll, version: 10.0.19041.546, time stamp: 0x43cbc11d

Exception code: 0xc0000409

Fault offset: 0x000000000007287e

Faulting process ID: 0x21e8

Faulting application start time: 0x01d6a45d9c54ed23

Faulting application path: C:\Windows\explorer.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\ucrtbase.dll

Report ID: 0fa45953-9e3f-4a5f-bafc-ee4c5229c9ca

Faulting package full name:

Faulting package-relative application ID:

What I'm looking for is a fix. Not a workaround.

Thanks

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-02-07T23:15:44+00:00

    It's possible that someone else has already suggested something similar and I missed it in the 7 pages.

    Yep I had. Page 3. Almost the same but with PowerShell ;)

    Oops, sorry. Damn, if I hadn't missed that, it would have saved me some trial and error.

    At least my solution has a small added value, because you can shut down the computer normally.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-02-07T23:06:44+00:00

    Did you make that run automatically through Task Scheduler, and run at boot?

    Yes, however, I have as trigger logon and a few seconds delay. And I have "Run with highest privileges" enabled.

    But I'm not sure which of the options are really necessary.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-02-06T22:56:56+00:00

    It's possible that someone else has already suggested something similar and I missed it in the 7 pages.

    Yep I had. Page 3. Almost the same but with PowerShell ;)

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-02-06T18:06:58+00:00

    Did you make that run automatically through Task Scheduler, and run at boot?

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-02-06T11:13:14+00:00

    Thanks for the information here! I was really frustrated! The fix with disabling the StorageService worked for me.

    However, since I am actively using Game Pass, I created a batch file that temporarily activates the service, starts it, and then deactivates it.

    I run this automatically 30 seconds after logging in, so far it seems to be working:

    sc config StorSvc start= demand

    sc start StorSvc

    sc config StorSvc start= disabled

    It's possible that someone else has already suggested something similar and I missed it in the 7 pages.

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